The last two posts are a bit out of sync, the Malawian tempo caught us up and even the thought of looking up an internet cafe was too much.
We managed to stay 13 days within a distance of 40 km in the North of Malawi; this beats our record of a maximum of 3 nights in one place by far!
Malawi is aaaweeeesome, we love it!
Whoever is relatively close to this part of the world, you should really come and have a look. Erik pack your bags!
We are back to life on the beach and it feels so good! Lake Malawi is so big that it most of the time you forget that it is not the sea. When it gets windy the waves can reach up to meter or more (no surfing unfortunately but kite surfing and SUP could well be a niche here).
The water is warm and clear and you can spend hours kayaking and snorkelling. The lake is famous for its many colourful fish and indeed there are fluorescent blue, yellow and pink fish all over the place. They are especially popular for aquariums and indeed it feels like you are swimming in one.
The fish might not appear in the extend of the psychedelic colours described by the travellers we met along the way but the famous Malawi Gold can make everything more colourful than it really is, why not!
The beaches are sandy, the weather is perfect and the people are incredibly chilled. Most of the guys must have spent a previous life somewhere in the Caribbean;
dreadlocks, Reggae music, hot booties, peacefulness and a lot of Happiness in the air! The first nights we stayed in a little bamboo hut just on the rocks with a big Mango tree above us, then we moved 3 km down the road to beautiful little bungalow with a private beach and now we are camping on the beach under big trees with a Yoga temple just next door (its deserted but the vibe is there).
The fish is really tasty and comes fresh from the fishermen, yesterday we even managed to cook a perfect fish soup on the coals. People seem very content in this little, pretty poor country. The only problem arising seems to be the current president who although did great good to the country over the last years is seeing his term come to an end and is securing his future by stocking up on private planes and hummers, leading to an extreme mismanagement of petrol and diesel in the country.
People are queuing for petrol and many save what they have got because they don’t know when there will be some more. Organised as we are, we stocked up Cruisi’s reserves of petrol in Tanzania and will not have to refill while in Malawi.
There is not too much to report on really from our last 10 days; one day blends in with the next almost unnoticed would not be for darkness, time does not exist making it pass quicker when one becomes aware of it.
It will be hard to leave this place.
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